Starting were the Catacombs of Halloween Horror Nights coverage left off in 2001, Matt and Quint discuss the Caretaker, The Story Teller, The Director and The Usher.

Moving from this main stage icons they delved into the history of Fear, Bloody Mary, Lady Luck and The Patient.

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HHN25: The Full Review
Our full out, spoiler filled, review and recount of Halloween Horror Nights 25. All Scarezones, all shows, all mazes, and the food and drink from this amazing event are all covered in this episode.

Matt and Quint begin a new milestone in their personally history with this event and Matt describes events leading up to him attending Halloween Horror Nights for the first time this year.

Next up, recounts of the Festival of the Dead Parade and the Midway of the Bizarre.

The rest of the shows of this year are discussed – Deadly Illusions, Tricks or Treats Deadman’s Party and Bill and Ted’s Excellent Halloween Adventure.

Closing out the episode discussions on the house “Doomsday”, “Insanity”, “Universal’s Creature Features in 3-D” and Matt pieces together his research and the recesses of his memory for “The Mummy” and “Psycho: Through the Mind of Norman Bates”.

Getting ready for Halloween Horror Nights 25 can seem like a daunting task if this is your first time ever attending Halloween Horror Nights. There are more mazes and scare zones than ever, a variety of ticket add-on options, and everything can be booked right now, in the middle of summer!

In this special episode, Matt and Quint draw on their combined 20 years of experience attending Halloween Horror Nights to try help in planning your first visit. From explanations and personal experiences with the ticket options, to where to start your night depending on what ticket options you go with. They’ve also included some important “what not to dos” from their experiences to help you get the most your of your first time visit.

Matt and Quint start with trying to find the answer to why the hell Matt didn’t go to HHN 8 when we was living and settled in Orlando that year??!?

From there they discuss the shows from this year’s event: “Festival of the Dead Parade”, “Inferno”, “Horrorpalooza”, “Bill & Teds Excellent Halloween Adventure VII”.

Cover continues with the shows; The Festival of the “Dead Parade”, “Abra Cadaver” and and

The show finally moves into the five mazes for the year – “Hell’s High”, “Museum of Horror: Chamber of Horrors”, “Museum of Horror: Unnatural History”, “S.S. Frightanic: Carnage Crew”, and “S.S. Frightanic: Fear in First Class”

To wrap up, Matt practices the planned HHN25 remote “live” recording by going out to Universal Studios to hunt down an early piece of HHN merchandise.

In this special episode we welcome Director of Entertainment – Creative Development for Universal Orlando and the man behind Halloween Horror Nights – Mike Aiello!

In this discussion Mike tells us about his fan side of Halloween Horror Nights, from attending the first years of the event, to his work as a scare-actor, and everything leading up to his milestone 25th year!

All that and a lot more in this special episode of “The Catacombs of Halloween Horror Nights”.

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HHN25: The Full Review
Our full out, spoiler filled, review and recount of Halloween Horror Nights 25. All Scarezones, all shows, all mazes, and the food and drink from this amazing event are all covered in this episode.

Matt and Quint discuss prelude to the “icon era” with the addition of Crypt Keeper from HBO’s Tales from the Crypt to the event.

From there they discuss the shows for the year – “The Price is Fright”, “Bill and Ted’s Excellent Halloween Adventure”, “Rock of Ages” and the first night lagoon show “The Crypt Keeper’s Revenge: The Knights of Hell”.

The addition of 2nd scare zone opens up the discussion with the return of “Horrorwood Blvd” and the addition of “Midway of the Bizarre”.

The 3 houses of 1993 are described and discussed – “Terror Underground” Transit to Torment”, “Universal’s House of Horrors”, and “Crypt Keeper’s Dungeon of Terror”.

To wrap up, Matt and Quint design their own Stilt Walker Scare Actors.